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Dr Weston Baxter

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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M202Royal College of ScienceSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Bowen:2014:10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2014.02.006,
author = {Bowen, LA and Baxter, WL and Magleby, SP and Howell, LL},
doi = {10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2014.02.006},
journal = {Mechanism and Machine Theory},
pages = {13--24},
title = {A position analysis of coupled spherical mechanisms found in action origami},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2014.02.006},
volume = {77},
year = {2014}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Origami has been previously utilized in design to create deployable systems. Action origami, origami designed to move, has the ability to deploy to a larger state and have motion in the deployed state. The majority of action origami achieves motion through coupled systems of spherical mechanisms. An origami vertex, the point at which folds converge, is shown to be equivalent to a spherical change-point mechanism. A position analysis of an origami vertex is presented, resulting in a relationship between input and output angles as well as the path of the coupler link. A method for analyzing coupled systems of repeated spherical mechanisms is proposed and demonstrated using two examples. A better understanding of the kinematics of action origami increases the ability of designers to create compact, deployable mechanisms for use in packaging, space, and medical industries.
AU  - Bowen,LA
AU  - Baxter,WL
AU  - Magleby,SP
AU  - Howell,LL
DO  - 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2014.02.006
EP  - 24
PY  - 2014///
SN  - 0094-114X
SP  - 13
TI  - A position analysis of coupled spherical mechanisms found in action origami
T2  - Mechanism and Machine Theory
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2014.02.006
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094114X14000445?via%3Dihub
VL  - 77
ER  -
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